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MOCKERY

I was watching the last frames of the DVD yesterday.

The sound of a lock went click and, in the same instant, a bird started to sing.

Loudly.

And kept singing.

At first I thought it was on the soundtrack. It would sort of fit. But no.

The slider was open and outside, the mocking birds were back.

I actually don't think that they go away.

It is just that, in the winter months, they are relatively quiet.

But it is spring and it is time to make little mocking birds.

The males compete for 'best song'.

I can do a pretty good job of mocking the mocking bird. They will go along with it for awhile and then, when it gets too complex for me to keep up, they know they have an amateur in the house and they give up on it.

It is good to have them back. They will dominate the sound scene all summer. During the peak of their mating they will sing all night.

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